Many people do not realise that some of the most common abilities and skills which they use every day are not instinctual, but are learned.

These are all areas in which drug addicts and alcoholics have been found to be deficient.

These are NOT instinctive abilities and require training and practice to perfect.

The Narconon Program gives heavy emphasis to life skills training.

Some of the areas addressed are communication skills, study skills and applying ethical principles in everyday life.

The result is an individual more comfortable with his life and less likely to be overwhelmed by it.

The practice of these skills are extremely therapeutic in and of themselves.

The Narconon Life Skills Course Books:

The Therapeutic Training Routines Course

Exercises in communication skills improve the students ability to be comfortable in any situation and comfortably confront other people, to listen and communicate well and to exercise effective self control.

The Learning Improvement Course

This is a short, but very powerful course that gives a person some new techniques on how to study more effectively towards the result of a real world ability to apply information learned to their lives. This information is needed in all subsequent courses to ensure the students get the full benefits and will be extremely helpful in all areas of life.

The Communication and Perception Course

Drug addicts or alcoholics frequently fabricate reality and live in a delusional world. When drugs or alcohol wear off an addict feels their life has been shattered. To re-establish the facade they must use again and again, perpetuating the cycle of addiction. This course thoroughly addresses that.

Part One is a course identical to the first one, the Therapeutic Training Routines Course of confronting and communicating, but it is done to a much higher standard. The first course is preparation for the sauna, this tougher course prepares a student for Part Two of this section.

Part Two consists of a series of exercises, done with another student (called a twin), that are run repetitively until certain objectives are achieved. In fact, the exercises are named objectives because they help extrovert the student from past upsets and other chaos associated with past drug and alcohol abuse and get the person’s attention onto objects in their present environment. The student learns to be in control of himself and his environment and achieves a better sense of responsibility by helping his twin through the course. Many students experience spectacular life-changing realisations while doing it.

The Ups and Downs in Life Course

The lifestyle of a drug addict is filled with negative associations and influences. These perpetuate the addict’s use of drugs and alcohol. This course helps the student evaluate the characteristics of constructive and destructive personality types, so that they can select their friends and associates more carefully to establish a more stable, secure personal environment.

The Personal Values and Integrity Course

This course provides the data and exercises through which confronting past destructive actions, the student regains his personal integrity and accepts personal responsibility.

The Changing Conditions in Life Course

This course enables the student to evaluate the state of different parts of their lives and how to change these for the better, step by step, until not only one achieves a more desirable condition for each but the student can also see how they can achieve all their worthwhile plans.

The Way to Happiness™ Course

This course is a study of probably the first non religious moral code based wholly on common sense. It was written by L. Ron Hubbard as an individual work and is not part of any religious doctrine. It teaches the student to follow a personal path of future conduct that will lead to greater good for all concerned.